Nevada § 218H.400 - Duty to file; form; contents; itemization of expenditures; audits and investigations

§ 218H.400. Duty to file; form; contents; itemization of expenditures; audits and investigations

1. Each registrant shall file with the Director: (a) Within 30 days after the close of a regular or special session, a final report

signed under penalty of perjury concerning the registrant's lobbying activities;

and (b) Between the 1st and 10th day of the month after each month that the Legislature

is in a regular or special session, a report concerning the registrant's lobbying

activities during the previous month, whether or not any expenditures were made. 2. Each report must: (a) Be on a form prescribed by the Director; and (b) Include the total of all expenditures, if any, made by the registrant on behalf

of a Legislator or an organization whose primary purpose is to provide support for

Legislators of a particular political party and House, including expenditures made

by others on behalf of the registrant if the expenditures were made with the registrant's

express or implied consent or were ratified by the registrant. 3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, the report: (a) Must identify each Legislator and each organization whose primary purpose is to

provide support for Legislators of a particular political party and House on whose

behalf expenditures were made; (b) Must be itemized with respect to each such Legislator and organization; and (c) Does not have to include any expenditure made on behalf of a person other than

a Legislator or an organization whose primary purpose is to provide support for Legislators

of a particular political party and House, unless the expenditure is made for the

benefit of a Legislator or such an organization. 4. If expenditures made by or on behalf of a registrant during the previous month

exceed $50, the report must include a compilation of expenditures, itemized in the

manner required by the regulations of the Legislative Commission. 5. The Legislative Commission may authorize an audit or investigation by the Legislative

Auditor that is proper and necessary to verify compliance with the provisions of this

section. If the Legislative Commission authorizes such an audit or investigation: (a) A lobbyist shall make available to the Legislative Auditor all books, accounts,

claims, reports, vouchers and other records requested by the Legislative Auditor in

connection with any such audit or investigation. (b) The Legislative Auditor shall confine requests for such records to those which

specifically relate to the lobbyist's compliance with the reporting requirements of

this section. 6. A report filed pursuant to this section must not itemize with respect to each Legislator

an expenditure if the expenditure is the cost of a party, meal, function or other

social event to which every Legislator was invited.